DIY Benchtop Buffer Build - Free Project Idea Plan link
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Welcome to the Next Project.
Today we are putting together and quickly testing a non-pedestal buffer - or maybe it's a benchtop buffer. Let's go with that.
Here's a link to the part list and a couple drawings showing the basics of this project. Take what you like, improve it and make it your own.
www.dropbox.com/s/wy0ljjunfk7...
00:00 - lights, camera, action
00:06 - project intro
00:37 - the idea
01:04 - the parts
01:54 - let the build begin!
05:06 - first run
06:16 - de-fluff the buff
07:42 - sacrificial test
10:42 - takeaway
13:02 - end roll
Sorry, no "step-by-step / how-to", but I think from the video and the linked download you should be able to get some ideas and build a buffer that may fit your needs.
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Hope you enjoyed the project, take care! - Розваги
Nice that you can store it away. Leinenkugel for the win!
LOL, yes Leine is not only refreshing, its mechanically fitting too.
Hehe, take care!
Great project. Reminds me of my grinder setup but I love the homemade aspects of your machinery. Can hardly wait for your water engine (wink-wink).
Hey Chris, great to hear from you and thanks for watching!
Glad you're enjoying the "homemade" projects, but if/when I win the lottery. Everything will be shiny paint with brandname stickers.... when I win the lottery. Until then, plywood and titebond colored projects will do.
As for a water engine, Funny you mention that.
I had been looking into H20 for fuel, did a bunch of reading about the conversion and hooking such a device up to a gasoline engine car/truck...
When I was a kid, and my oldest brother was into cars, I recall him having a magazine that talked about "vara-jection" which was basically spraying water vapor into a combustion engine. I later read that a similar idea had been tinkered with during WW2 with some bomber engines I think it was. Seems it cooled the engine, increased horsepower, cut down fuel consumption... all good things. Guess that's why it never caught on.
I may have to look into that again.
Thanks for the idea, I need another project, LOL.
Hope all is well with you, be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject I'm waiting for my big lottery win as well. Be careful not to be too successful with the water-engine. It seems a lot of inventors working on this project have mysteriously died. Oil company hatchet men ???
And yet another example of one can do if only you put your mind to it. I had a similar one many years ago, 20+ years, but alas I moved and knew I didn’t have the space anymore to house all my stuff. The only thing is you have to be very careful when it comes to lacquer. You can burn through soooooo quickly. If only I had thought about it, I had a couple of bars of polishing compound stored away I would have given to you. Oh well. Maybe some day.
Hey Mike, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
Agreed, lacquer will melt away pretty quick, I'm glad I had that fender with thick poly to grind on - I mean polish.
Hope you are doing well, summer seems to be approaching - brace yourself!
Hope to talk soon, take care!
Great work John
Many thanks my friend!
Hope all is well for you. I thought I saw you have some new tools for the shed.
Fun times ahead!
@@theNextProject that I did ... Life is a bit too interesting at the mo for shed time... All in good time. Be well!
Very good, easy and affordable, many thanks for sharing your experience
Andrea, thanks for watching!
You are very welcome, I hope you can improve on the idea and build something to fit your needs.
Take care!
Another project very well done!
Hey Laura, thanks for watching!
Glad you enjoyed the project.
Be safe and take care!
very nice video ! Too bad I don't have enough room in my garage for things like that.
Take care !
Hey Bob, that's an issue I'm facing as well. No room for a pedestal version, and this can be torn down a bit to either hang it out if the way, os store it in the attic.
And, it's a tool that will only get used a few times each year, as I build way too slow.
I just like making stuff, 😂
Hope you are doing well my friend, take care!
Great video!
Thanks for the links too!
This is definitely something I want to build!
Stephen, thanks fo watching!
At this point, the only change I'd make if possible would be a precision shaft with threaded ends. Sadly, I don't know any local machinists, and can't get any response from local machine shops. I am considering getting a 24" precision shaft and having 6" of R and L threaded rod welded to either end of the shaft. I do know a welder who can pull it off.
I hope the info in the link helps ya.
Take care!
@@theNextProject You may be able to get a3 foot, 1" precision shaft and anneal the outside 6" of each end and thread them to match the nuts you have now, then re-harden them so that they will not bend if bumped. Thanks and Good Luck! If I find anything, I will contact you!
I had hoped to get a local machine shop to do just that, but I can't get anyone to return my calls. I'm guessing making (1) shaft is a waste of time for these shops. I need to find an old-timer who had a garage full of history and knowledge to do this job. I'll keep looking.
Thank you for the help too, take care!
Great job! You're making me reconsider my pedestal... a benchtop version like yours is nice for storing it away when not in use. I always struggle with space in my garage.
Hey Weekend, thanks for watching!
You could probably easily convert you pedestal to something like this.
I have no storage for free standing items either, so this idea slowly hatched.
I recently say a video by Ninety2 Guitar Shop. I thought "man, that's what I'm building right now - kinda".
ua-cam.com/video/YsQV2XWhg5A/v-deo.html
Not sure if you've seen his channel, but he just wrapped up building a steel resonator guitar. WOW, a lot of interesting work there.
Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!
That turned out great John! I hope you get many shiny guitars out of it!
Thanks Dave! I need to get get busy and build something.
Looks great, but how were your bearings and pulley so loose on the rod?
Garrett Guitar, thanks for watching!
The bearings and pulley are only loose enough to get the thing together and apart easily. This isn't a highly refined machinists assembly, but works really well. I filled the threads of the rod/shaft with JB weld where the bearings and pulley ride. This offered a better and flatter surface for the mating surfaces to meet. I then used thin shim stock ( beer can ) to minimize the difference in dimension tolerance. A keyway was cut for the pulley, and setscrews lock the bearings to the shaft.
The biggest issue is using the threaded rod as the main shaft. Threaded rod is typically not precision straight...
Sadly, I've attempted to get a machine shop(s) to make a shaft for me... $800 - $1000US. Ridiculous! That's not going to happen. Most modern machine shops are CNC based now and ask hundreds for programming & setup, etc. ouch! I'm having a hard time finding a small shop with an old-school machinist to make a shaft with threaded ends and a keyway. Makes me want to buy a lathe and do it myself, lol.
Thanks again for watching!
@@theNextProject Thanks! It does seem like a very useful build, and I really like the link v-belt idea.
Well, the open belt looks pretty dangerous to me.
Hate to say it, it's my least favorite project of yours.
LOL, you're not to look beyond the front guard!
Good to hear from you Achim, and thanks for watchin, even it it wasn't a good one for you.
I hope to use it on something you may like a bit better in the near future. We gotta take the bad with the good, or good with the bad, or something.
Hope all is well, be safe and take care!